John Brown, Design Director and founder of Design Resource undertook design degrees in New Zealand and the Royal College of Art, London. He worked as a consultant with AID (Allied International Designers) in London for 5 years and founded Design Resource in Sydney in 1980. In 1989, he founded TDI (Transport Design International) working in conjunction with Martin Pemberton (TDI UK).

John has worked on major design projects in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. Many of his client partnerships extend for periods of 20-25 years, creating ongoing ranges of successful product designs. TDI is one of the leading transport design studios in Asia, specialising in Passenger Rail and Marine design.

John’s favorite projects include white goods, consumer products and transportation. In addition to product design, design management and innovation management, John acts as an expert witness in design related legal matters. He is a past judge for the Wheels Car Design of the year, and has lectured at a number of Australian and New Zealand Design Universities, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Design.

Outside of his professional activities, John’s interests are endurance horse riding, dressage, life drawing, water-colour and pastel, collecting early industrial artifacts, visiting art galleries and collecting art books.